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Toast
Irish Toast:
Usually at weddings - "May you be in Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows your dead."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Dead ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |